Walk in the park...

Shorts and t-shirts? Squinting from the sunlight? Flip-Flops? Harper, I don't think we're in Ohio anymore!!

Harper and I are enjoying our visit very much! Jen, Lee & Sawyer are also having a great time! We all went for a walk in the park a few days ago and had a blast!

We walked to the "Bark-Park" and saw some dogs! It had rained and there was a pretty good size puddle in the park and while we turned to walk away we heard one of the owners calling his dog & yelling "No!". We turned around to see his dog rolling around in the giant puddle, covering himself in mud. I'm pretty sure at this point that if Maddie or Saphire did that, Lee would go bazurk! I bet it was a pain for the other guy too!

It was also a lot of fun to see all of the "water damage" to the park. We took this picture (kind of difficult to see) in hopes that you would be able to see the change in water level stains on the brick wall and also the trees. The bottoms of the trees were covered in leaves...but only on one side! You could tell by the way the leaves were wrapped around the trunks which way the water was flowing! It was super cool to look at! The mud however took some tolls on the walk ways! At times it was super slippery so on the way back, I opted to take off my flip flops & stick it out through all the yucky, wet, COLD mud!...

So anyways, We had tons of fun & afterwards we even stopped for ice cream! Maybe we'll go for another walk or two while we're here and if not, it will at least become an every visit ritual! More later!

Tennessee Trip

We made it! Harper did wonderful on the flight and Mommy enjoyed all the extra seating surrounding her! Uncle Lee picked us up from the airport and we sat in traffic for a while but it was nice to talk and visit! We got home to a "screaming" Aunt Jen. She wanted to jump up and down and be happy we were there but recovering from a cold, Jen didn't have much of a voice to do so! A little over 24 hours into our visit; here's a look so far!

Yes, they love each other very, very much!

Aunt Jen loves her niece Harper!

For Mom...

Mom wanted me to add some pictures of Harper so she can show people at work! I post them on facebook but she can't get to it at work haha. Here ya go Mom...or Grandma!!

These have been taken in the past two weeks! Every day she focuses a little bit more, giggles a little bit louder and smiles a little bit wider! She recognizes more and more faces and voices too. She really is starting to come into her own and her beautiful personality shows through more and more each day!

If this isn't cute...

I don't know what is!

She was fuss-fuss-fuss all evening...I left her with Uncle Keith for five minutes and this is what I got! I guess I have to let him call her "Monkey Face" now!

Two Months!

Boy how time flys! Harper is now TWO MONTHS OLD! I don't recall eight weeks of mid-night feedings...nor 56 days of up-all-nights! I can't recall each and every bath and no way can I count the number of diapers I have changed! Regardless, the past two months have been the best two months of my entire life! Things started out rough but that was to be expected! As time went on, Harper and I both got the hang of things and I would say we're a pretty great team!

Harper is also enjoying time with Daddy! She loves to snuggle up on his chest and fall asleep with him! He can make her laugh and giggle and she seems to really love being with him! The two of them are more than adorable and Harper looks a lot like him too! It's a wonderful thing to watch the two of them cuddle up on the couch! The three of us are doing very well and there is more than enough love for this little one at both of her homes!!

Mad Baby

I was looking at old pics of Sawyer... In this one you can really see how bad his little face broke out. Besides the face that he looks absolutely annoyed with me for taking his pic!

Luckily, it does get better! As well as the same rash on his little tush :)

A visit

Besides the insane amount of fun we will have, I think when you are here we should get some "way too cheesy" pic of the little cousins. We will appreciate them later when they are bigger and they hate us :) On that note, you should bring the little swim diaper you got for Harper with the dinosaurs on it. I am pretty sure I found little trunks for Sawyer with the same print! That's gonna be a cute pic!  We can't wait until you guys get here :)

This Saturday we went to the Aquarium in Chattanooga. It was about an hour and change to get there, but it was so cool. Sawyer really seemed to like looking at all the fish and the penguins... We skipped the Sharks this time. He spent the whole day in his little carrier. And couldn't seem happier! It was neat to see how we would both do with a big trip away from home. And without Lee. But we made it :)